Audio Mixer Parameter Assignment via Multi-Functional Operator Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing audio mixers face challenges in intuitively assigning desired parameters to multi-functional operators across multiple channel strips, as current methods require cumbersome operations and lack efficiency in displaying and switching parameters.
Innovation Solution
A sound processing apparatus that allows users to select and assign a desired parameter on a display screen to multi-functional operators of multiple channel strips, displaying only the parameters related to one channel, enabling intuitive and efficient parameter assignment and switching without the need for additional screens.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a parameter list screen is displayed to select parameters, then all parameters can be accessed, but the operation becomes cumbersome and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The display screen is segmented into multiple regions, with each region showing parameter images for a specific channel. This allows users to view and select parameters for different channels simultaneously on the same screen, eliminating the need to navigate through separate parameter lists while maintaining comprehensive parameter access capability
Solution Approach 2:
Multiple channel parameter displays are merged into a single display screen, allowing simultaneous viewing of parameters across multiple channels. This consolidation enables users to access all necessary parameters without switching between different screens or lists, significantly reducing the time required for parameter assignment
2Area of stationary object
If only a portion of parameters are displayed on the channel strip screen, then the display area can be kept small, but not all parameters can be selected
Solution Approach 1:
The display screen utilizes a two-dimensional grid layout where parameters are organized across multiple regions corresponding to different channels. This spatial arrangement allows comprehensive parameter display within a compact area, enabling users to access all parameters without requiring excessive display space while maintaining full parameter selection capability
3Ease of operation
If physical operators are provided for all parameters, then each parameter can be controlled independently, but the number of component parts and device size become enormous
Solution Approach 1:
Multi-functional operators are implemented on the operating panel, where each operator can control different parameters depending on the selected channel. This universal approach allows a limited number of physical operators to provide control over all parameters across multiple channels, significantly reducing the total number of component parts while maintaining independent parameter control capability
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AI summary
A plurality of channels each perform signal processing on a respective input signal. An operating device includes a plurality of channel strips, and each of the channel strips is associated with one of the plurality of channels and includes a multi-functional operator to which a desired parameter is assignable. A display control device performs control for displaying on a display screen a plurality of types of parameters related to the signal processing of one of the plurality of channels; and an assignment control device that, in response to any one type of parameter being selected from among the parameters displayed on the display screen, assigns the selected type of parameter to each of the multi-functional operators of the channel strips.